Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences

Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders

The Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences prepares students to work in biotechnology, biomedical device and pharmaceutical firms, medical and research laboratories, hospitals and public health agencies. Our graduates are in high demand, many receiving multiple job offers. Watch student testimonials in this video.

Department News

1/19/2018Prof. Katherine Tucker of the Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences has received a $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of highly processed foods on cognitive decline.

9/12/2017Biologist Nicolai Konow studies the structure and movements of backboned animals, including fish, bats, birds and axolotls, to understand how they evolved and how they fit into the ecosystem. A recent study looks at fish that eat coral.